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Comment author: benelliott 02 April 2011 05:01:53PM 8 points [-]

The term 'ginger' didn't become 'mainstream' just because of that South Park episode, I was being shot at, having acid thrown over me, stabbed, headbutted, punched, spat on, kicked, dehumanised, singled out, socially excluded, avoided, belittled, character assassinated etc since I can remember and to be fair I found that treatment was at its peak years before that South Park episode was even thought up.

Noticing my confusion here, I live in England and have never observed this level of prejudice. The kicking and punching I can just about believe, the acid is very implausible.

Comment author: atucker 03 April 2011 03:04:15AM 2 points [-]

acid thrown over me

For some reason my brain interpreted this as an idiom (meaning harsh language or criticism or something), rather than a statement of fact.

Not sure if its supposed to be that.

Comment author: benelliott 03 April 2011 08:41:11AM 2 points [-]

I don't think so, it does actually happen to some groups that suffer from severe prejudice (I believe its been known to occur in Northern Ireland), especially since the rest of the list is approximately in decreasing order of severity and it comes between 'shot at' and 'stabbed'. It might be that one person has suffered vastly more prejudice than any of the English red-heads I have ever met or heard about prior to this point, or it might be that the source is exaggerating.

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